Change making or token vending machine



NQV- 7, 1933. 5 DE RYSS 1,934,489

CHANGE MAKING OR TOKEZN VENDING MACHINE Original Filed March 21. 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet l .4 4 lNyENTOR WITNESSES l [0111/ 4/6]? .55

f/f 1 BYM n f ATTORNEY Nov. 7, 1933. E. DE RYss 1,934,439

CHANGE MAKING OR TOKEN VENDING MACHINE Original Filed March 21. 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 l i l K 1 Mf a. z Zi ATTORNEY NOV. 7, 1933. 5 DE ss 1,934,489

CHANGE MAKING OR TOKEN VENDING MACHINE Original Filed March 21, 1930 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 WITNESSES L 12) 462? $5 554/: BY %ow'w K611 Ay '7 ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 7, 1933 v I ,934,489 I g Y 7 r a Emil do Ryss, Scarsdale, N. Y. Application March 21, 1930. Saar,

RenewedAprfl 17;.11933 1 Claim. (01. '19425):

This invention relates to change making .or

token vending machines;

It is among the objectsof the present inven-.

tion to provide a novel, simple andimproved machine adapted to be coincontrolled'for thedischarge therefrom 'of a predetermined number of coins or tokens.

A further object of the present. invention is to provide in a machine of the character described, a coin arresting device in the c'oinreceiving chute, whereby the coin is retained behind a magnifyingglass so that another person may see the coin which the operator has deposited. This coin will be retained in di'splay position until the next operation of the machine; I

Another object of the present invention is to provide a device of the character described, in which weighing scales are provided for the purchasing coin, the scales being arranged to 0pwhereby underweight coins will be prevented from permitting operation of the change delivery mechanism.

provide in a device of the-character descrlbed,

novel change or token delivery mechanism,

whereby a predetermined number otchange coins Y or tokens may be delivered; in response to the deposit within the ing coin.

A further important object of the present indevice of the. proper purchasventionis to provide a novel and improved change or token holding receptacle in whichcoins or a coin chute 11 is provided,. to whicha coin may be delivered through an aperture 12.41 shown in Fig. 1. The coin chute 11 is preferably formed,

tokens may be shipped or conveyed and which 'may be bodily applied in the machinefor predetermined delivery therefrom. Further important objects of the present: invention include the novel structural features, and the combination and interrelation of parts whereture particularly designed to meet the demands of economic manufacture. Other objects and the present invention will be apparent. from a-consideration of the following specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings;v in which Figure 1 is a side. elevation.- partly in section, showing the present invention mounted withina 5 conventional cabinet; 1

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig.1; 7

'Fig. 3 is a detailview of the coin arresting structure with the coin released therefrom;

5 Fig.4 is a detail view takenonsthe line 4-4 of Fig. ,2, showing the .c

erate a change or token delivery mechanisms A further object of the present invention is to by the whole forms a simple and improved strucof Fig. 1, and illustrating ,thechangegor I counting wheel; I

Fig.5 is a sectional view takenfonthe 55 I of Fig. 2, illustrating theoperating mechanismof the upper coin counter; V v. Fig. 6 is a sectional view takenon the line .6'.6 ounting wheel release mechanism; v

:Fig. 7 is a detail section takenon the line.- 7+7 of Fig. 1, showing the operation ofthe slug a ejecting device in use with a full sized coin}.

Fig- 8 is a. similar section showing the ejecting mechanism ejecting a small sized coin; Fig. 9 is a detail section showing-the change coin or tokendeliverymechanism; 7 Fig. 10 isa side elevation. of the token or change coin reservoir; I

Fig. 11 is an vend elevation of the reservoir shownin-Fig. 1o. H y-By referring more particularlyto. thedrawings, it will be seen that the present invention illustrated as embodied withinasuitable cab- 7 met generally indicated by the numeral. IQ, in Fig. 1. It will, of course, be understood thattlie invention is adapted to various structural m'odificationsfor adaptation to various types of Cable :nets and that the type of cabinet herein general- Ivindicated forms no part of the present invention, nor is. the invention restrictedtothe specific structural features thereof, by which-it is adapted for mounting within the cabinet of the here shown. V

For receiving purchasing coins,

a purchasing as indicated in Figs. 7 and- 8. 'The coin, chute-11,- as well as the aperture .12, is so constructed as to prevent passage therethrough of a-coin; larger than the predetermined size. For ejecting coins smaller than predetermined size from the chute,

an ejectingpin 13,-as illustratedin Figsf'? and 8, is provided. Adjacent the ejecting pin,13,-the

angled sidewalls of .the chute .ll'are outwardly turned, the; arrangement being such that a coin of proper size will be retained bythe side walls and pass on through the chute, A coin cr -smaller size will, however, be struck. by-theejecting pin front panel of the cabinetlO. The aperture 15 is preferably provided with an enlarging lens 16, whereby a coin retained by the retaining mechanism will be exposed to view. The coin arresting mechanism, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, includes a pair of intermediately pivoted arms 17, the inwardly extending upper and lower ends 18 of which pass through registering apertures in the side walls of the chute 11. The pivotal point of the arms 17 is nearthe upper ends of the arms, whereby a synchronicalmovement of the lower ends 18 is provided upon movement of the upper ends 18. The chute 11 intermediate the ends: 18- of the arms 17, is provided with side arresting pins 18 the arrangement being such'thati as a coin passes from the upper .endsto the lower. ends,

it strikes the pins 18 which are in staggered relation, thus causing the coin to take a circuitous path, whereby ample time is provided forlythe' closing of the lower ends during the passage of a coin from the upper ends-thereof. 1 I 4 In the operation of the coin arrester, i'twill' be seen that the first cofnentering the chute-will pass between the upperends 18 of the arms 1'7, thus moving thearms apart andwill come to rest u'pon'flthe fiat upper surface of the lower ends 18 of the The-cointhus will be retained in .front of the lens 16. When the next coin is deposited, it will strike=theupper ends 18, as indicated in Fig.3, thus pushing theupper ends apart,

. whereby the lower ends will be moved outwardly torelease the first inserted coin therefrom. 'During the passage of the second coin from the upper ends to the lower ends, ample t me is provided for the closingof the lower ends by the arresting pins 18 which causes the coin to take a circuitous path and is also provided by 'the greater length of the arms l'lbelow their pivot pins; The

second coin deposited will then rest upon the upper surface of-the lower ends 18, which have "moved by gravity to the-normal position shown 'in Fig. 2, as "the second coin passes from the upper ends 18 thereto. By this arrangement, it

will'be seen that the last coin deposited is always a 'retainedfor viewluntil the next coin takes its place.

The bottom of, the coin-weighing receptacle 20, one side of which in ent of the weighing receptacle 20 under the influence of a coin received thereby, will bring the aperture 21 into registration with a receiving chute 22, which leads to a suitable purchasing' coin receptacle located within the cabinet. 'The bottom inclined surface 'of the receptacle 20 is provided with a pair of downwardly extending rods 23, the lower end of which rests upon a releasing arm 24, which normally rests in the horizontal position shown in Fig. 2, thus holding the receptacle 20 in the position indicated. The re- ,ception of a coin by the receptacle is adapted to tilt the ,rele'asing'arm 24. to release the change coin mechanism as will be hereinafter described.

For controll ng the release of a predetermined number of change coins or tokens from'the device, an operating shaft -25'is provided; the forward end of which extends through the'front panel-of the cabinet 10 to be provided with'a suitable operating handle as indicated at 26.

Mounted upon the shaft 25, a counting wheel release mechanism including a disk 27 is provided,

from one face of which projects acontrolling pin 28. The shaft'25 andthus 'thedisk 2'7, is adapted for clockwise rotationas indicated in Fig. 2. The pin 28 normally rests against astop 29 carried chute 11 is provided with ato be turned by the revolution of the shaft 25, .p and in such turning the pin moves under and upwardly on the opposite side of the stop 29, through'the recess 28 When the d sk 27 has made one complete revolution, it will be seen that the pin' 28 depresses the longer end of the arm 2 1, bringing the same to normal position as shown inFig. 2;, thereby raising the scales 20 to normal positon, and by engaging the stop 29 retaining thefshaft 25 against further rotation.

For counting out the proper predetermined number: ofchange coins or tokens delivered by the apparatus after the insertionpf one purchasing coin, the counting wheel 32 is mounted upon the shaft 25 for. rotationtherewith. As indicated in Fig; 4, thewheel 32 is in registration with a change coin or token chute 33. The wheel 32 is further provided with a plurality of coin or token receiving'pockets 34,9the arrangement being such that as the shaft '25 is rotated through one complete revolution, each of the pockets .34 is brought to 1 registration with the chute 33; thus a coin from the chute is received in each of the pockets, which by further'rotation drops the coins therefrom to the delivery trough 144. The arrangement is a normally such that only the predetermined number of coins as controlled by the number of pockets in the wheel, will be delivered by a single revo- -lution of theshaft25. b V

For delivering coins. or tokens to the chutes 33, r a reservoir 35 is provided as illustrated in detail in Figs. 10 and 11. The receptacle 35 is provided with-a removable closure 36 at one end, which is adapted to be removed to provide for the insertion of coins in the reservoir. From the body of .thereservoir, an axle 37 extends through the closure 36 and is receivable through a suitable bearing'38, asindicated in Fig. 1. The opposite end 7 v "of the reservoir is also provided with a centrally is apertured, as at 21, whereby'downward move- If apertured removable closure 39. The-lower closure 39 is formed of a pair of associated semicircular members, as indicated in Fig. 11, suitable glass or the like and an internal removable body 41 is provided which is formed with a corrugated outer surface, the edges of the corrugations abutting the inner face ofthe cylindrical body, where- 'by coin receiving recesses of substantially elliptical'form are provided. In view of the cross section of the recesses, it will be seen that coins therein will extend at an angle with respect to .the axis of the reservoir, preferably at about for-. -ty-five degrees.

As indicated in Fig. 9, this arrangement provides for the coins in the lower The outer cylindrical side of the reservoir to lie substantially horizontal [with respect to the cabinet while the coins in the upper recesses of the reservoir stand substantially vertical. The internal body 41 is provided with 'end' closures 42, as seen in Fig. 9.

From the upper closure, the upper axle 37 extends, and from the lowerone, as shown in Fig.

9, an angular projecting axle 43 extends. The. ends ofthe reservoir are normally opened, being closed for shipment, or transportation of coins therein, by theremovable cover 39. The pin 43' extends through the central aperture of the cover 39, and isadapted to be received within a cor-' responding angularly recessed rotating support 44. The bottom of the receptacle is adapted to In the operation of the device, a loaded reser'-' voir of coins with the cover 39 inv position, is

mounted uponthe table 45, its upper axle 37 extending within the bearing 38,, while its lower axle 43 is received within the support 44. The securing means 40 is then loosened and the sections of the cover 39 are removed, thus to permit furtherdownward movement of the reservoir on to the table 45, whereby the coins of the recesses 41 will rest upon the table 45. One portion of the table 45 is cut away to provide for registration of a coin delivering chute 46 with one of the recesses 41. As seen more clearly in Fig. 9, coins are adapted to drop from the registering recesses 41 into the chute 46. Due to the vertical position of the coins in the upper recess 41, as hereinbefore described, it will be seen that they may continue such vertical position as they pass from the recess 41 to the chute 46, from which they pass into the chute 33, as will be hereinafter described.

For insuring the proper number of coins delivered from the wheel 32, an upper coin counter is positioned at the juncture of the chutes 46.

and 33. The coin counter includes a slidable plate 47 mounted inthe upper end of the chute 33, its normal position being such that it blocks the entrance of coins from the chute 46 to the chute 33. For operating'the plate 4'7 the proper number of times, thus permitting the proper number of coins to enter the chute33, an Operating arm 48, isprovided thereon. The arm 48 extends downwardly for connection through a connecting medium 49, with a vertical operating arm 50, the lower end of whichrests upon a pivoted plate 51,

as shown in Fig. 2. The plate 51 is prevented from downward dropping movement by resting upon a projection 52 of a disk 53 mounted for rotation with the shaft 25. The plate 51 is provided with a cut-out portion 54, whereby rotation of the disk 53 in the direction of the arrows in Fig. 2, will move upwardly the plate 51 until the projection 52 registers with the recess 54 and passes therethrough. This movement will raise theplate 47 which will drop down by gravity as the plate 51 drops down to rest uponthe next projection 52 of the disk 53. By this arrangement, it will be seen that asthe shaft 25 is rotated, the

arm will be reciprocated, thus to count coins from the chute 46 into the chute 33. It will further be seen that this construction prevents reverse rotation of the shaft 25 as upon such rotation the pin 52 will be moved backwardlyand will I strike the upper surface of the plate 51, thus preventing further backward rotation.

For rotating the reservoir 35 so that when one of the recesses is exhausted of coins the next one will be moved to registering position with the chute 46, a gear 55 is provided on the rotating shait'of the support 44. The gear 55 is adapted forrotation by'association with a driving gear.

56, upon the shaft of which a bevel gear 57 is mounted. For driving the bevel gear'57, a mutilated gear 58 is provided, which is driven through a shaft 59, by a chain 60 associated with a sprocket 61 mounted upon the shaft 25', as indicated in Fig. 1. The arrangement will be seen to'be such that continuous rotation of the shaft 59 will impartperiodic fractional rotation to the gears 55 and 56. The gearing arrangement is of such timing that sufficient revolutions of the shaft 25 are permitted. before rotation of the reservoir 35, to provide for the complete discharge of coins from the recess 41, which is at that time By this arrange registering with the chute 46. ment, all the coinsof one of the recesses 41 may be delivered to the chute 46 before rotation of the reservoir to bring into registration with the chute 46, a difierent recess 41.

' From the foregoing it will readily be seen that the invention provides a novel, simple andim-- proved. mechanism, whereby the insertion of a coin of proper size and weight will release a coin counting and delivery mechanism to deliver a predetermined number of change coins or tokens to the operator. The numerous novel and improved structural features herein presented are obviously not confined to the specific presentation thereof, and numerous changes, modifica- I tions and the full use of equivalents may be re-- sorted to without departing from the spirit or J scope of the invention as outlined in the appended claim.-.

What is claimed is:

p In a coin controlled device, the combination of a coin chute, means responsive to the weight of a coin delivered to said chute, a pivoted lever having a slot and an abutment adjacent each other. a rotatable member, an eccentric pin thereon normally engaging the lever abutment for locking said member against rotation, and

connections between said lever and said means whereby the former is tilted by the latter in re- "sponse to the weight of the coin to move said abutment out of contact with said pin and release the pin through the lever slot, said pin engaging said lever ,at another point thereon upon rotation of said member to restore said lever and means to normal position.

EMIL DE RYSS. 

